Flax tamborai

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Flax tamborai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. tamborai
Binomial name
Flax tamborai
Fibiger, 2011

Flax tamborai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Mount Tambora on Sumbawa).

The wingspan is 10.5–12 mm. The forewings are beige brown, with grey-brown subterminal and terminal areas, including the fringes. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct, brown, outlined in beige. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.